5:05pm ET - In recent years more
and more people are choosing to forgo going to members of the clergy and are
instead being married by judges, justices of the peace, or just friends who get
officiating privileges from the state.
But as marriage equality becomes the law in more states, some clergy
members who are opposed to equality are discovering that being officers of the
state puts them in an awkward position.
Joining us today to discuss the “The Marriage Pledge” which commits
conservative clergy members to not sign “government-provided marriage
certificates” is Mark Oppenheimer
who writes a biweekly column about religion for The New York Times in which he wrote all about this new trend. You can also follow Mark on twitter.Don't forget, you can follow me on Twitter and Facebook!Listen to The Michelangelo Signorile Show weekdays live from 3-6 pm ET on SiriusXM Progress 127 and on the SiriusXM iPhone, Blackberry and Android apps. Not a subscriber? Not a problem! Listen online any time with a free thirty-day pass or, if you have an iPhone or Blackberry, go to the app store and download SiriusXM for free, for a 7-day trial, and listen on your

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